Leach believed pellagra was "due to an intoxication from eating damaged maze, corn which has not matured, not been properly dried or meal which has not been kept dry after grinding." Leach adds that poverty, hard labor and high exposure to the sun...

This is the first report of epidemic pellagra in the United States. Unlike the reprinted version of this paper in JAMA, this one gives the discussion that followed Searcy's presentation to his MASA colleagues.

This paper discusses the groundbreaking work of Dr. Tom Spies who contributed significantly to the eradication of pellagra by proving the effectiveness of nicotinic acid as a treatment for the disease in his nutritional clinic at Hillman Hospital,...

Pruett addresses pellagra prevention and notes that the unresolved nature of its etiology makes confident assertions about the topic difficult. He believes that arsenic therapy may have some benefit, and refers to the Thompson-McFadden Commission,...

In this article, McCafferty gives an update on the pellagra cases at the Mt. Vernon Hospital since Searcy's 1907 article. Detailed incidence and mortality lists are provided. He describes the results of several experimental tests and postmortems...

This paper presents a history of the disease up to George H. Searcy's report. Mason notes that its "etiology remains obscure," and that Guido Tizzoni's claim of a bacterial basis remains unconfirmed. The belief that pellagra is contagious, Mason...

This paper, read before the Southern Medical Association in 1908, gives an extensive overview of the current knowledge of pellagra up to that date. Discovered in epidemic proportions in the U. S. just two years prior, this article provided Southern...

Ray notes that no "routine treatment" is currently available and that pellagra is very hard to diagnose in its early stages. He observes that early diagnosis is important and relies upon drug therapy, but offers no specific recommendations.

Blosser explains the purpose of his paper as such: "In previous papers I have called attention to facts indicating that pellagra in the South is due to the consumption of either maize or sugar-cane products, or both. In the present paper I wish to...

Dr. Cole’s article reports on the “successful” treatment by blood transfusion of a pellagra patient at the Mt. Vernon Hospital. In this case, blood from a recovered pellagra patient was given to one suffering the advanced stages of the disease. The...

Letter (most likely) from Dr. Edgar P. Hogan to University of Alabama President George H. Denny. This 9-page letter is dated June 23, 1915, is unsigned, and is on letterhead of the Graduate School of Medicine of The University of Alabama.

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